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Definition of sword and sorcery in English:

sword and sorcery

noun

A genre of fiction characterized by heroic adventures and elements of fantasy.

‘The 1980s saw Delany devote most of his energy to the even more marginal form connected to science fiction called fantasy fiction or sword and sorcery.’

‘While The Return of the King is by far the most epic and ambitious of the three films, in many ways it is also the smallest and the most personal, and that is what vaults it far above all other sword-and-sorcery film-making.’

‘More recently, it is primarily sword and sorcery that has grabbed our attention, and hyper-realist tales of cybernetic intrigue.’

‘There are moments when you think you are part of a sword-and-sorcery fantasy.’

‘At first, it looks like a trip into sword and sorcery territory when our heroes end up in a forest just in time to save a fair maiden from an evil wizard.’

‘Fantasy art charms collectors in the art market; from the fairy paintings and pre-Raphaelite brotherhood canvases of the Victorian era to sword and sorcery imagery today, fantasy art is enjoying a revival of collector interest.’

‘I'm by no means a lover of the sword-and-sorcery genre, but this just seemed to work well.’

‘While it is far from the worst sword-and-sorcery movie ever made, it leaves a lot to be desired.’

‘In pursuit of an interest in writing fantasy sword and sorcery novels, I began reading New Age and Pagan literature so as to be able to write about these things in a consistent manner.’

‘Instead, it depicts a creature far more readily found in the collective imagination of the male contingent of its adolescent target audience, and tells a story almost as implausible as any sword and sorcery epic.’

‘You'll like the way Moore has written a real sword-and-sorcery story within the parody, and how the humor actually makes sense in the context of the tale.’